Microsoft Workers Join China’s Debate Over Grueling Workweek

A man walks past a Microsoft sign outside a Microsoft office building in Beijing on July 31, 2014. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO—Tech workers in China protesting a corporate culture of grueling work schedules are getting some support from their U.S. peers at Microsoft.

A fast-growing campaign started by Chinese software developers on the code-sharing platform GitHub has contributed to a public debate over work-life balance in China’s tech industry.